Meaning of Parlance | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A certain way of speaking, of using words; especially that associated with a particular job or interest.
   countable, uncountable
2. Of a word, the quality of being lexicalized; especially as jargon or slang.
   countable, uncountable
3. Speech, discussion or debate.
   archaic, countable, rare, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“To my childish fancy, it had seemed an imaginary flag-staff, or, in rustic parlance, the "liberty pole" of some former generation […]”

“We approach⟳ the contest, still known in the common parlance of the country, as "the first Pennimite War."”

“The tourist's impression of the country to-day is that of a transported Holland, in which the official language is Dutch and the parlance of the people is "taki-taki."”

“At first she "ran a temperature" in American parlance, and I could not resist⟳ the exquisite caloricity of unexpected delights—Venus febriculosa—though it was a very languid Lolita that moaned and coughed and shivered in my embrace.”

“Its use⟳ at a variety of levels, including the individual and organisational level, make⟳ it a varied term that has parlance in organisational development, performance management and talent management.”

“And without further parlance they fought, […]”

CEFR level